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Definition of sneck in English: snecknoun snɛksnek Northern English, Scottish A latch on a door or window. （门、窗的）闩 she quietly lifted the sneck and slipped out Example sentencesExamples - ‘Then again, some old maid's door will be slily fastened by tying tightly across the door jambs, in front of and to the ‘sneck’, a piece of wood to prevent her coming out of doors till released by a kind neighbour next morning.’
- After a good helping of steak and ale pie washed down with a pint of ‘sneck lifter’ at lunch time personally, I was full.
Synonyms fastening, catch, fastener
verb snɛksnek [with object]Northern English, Scottish Close or fasten (a door or window) with a latch. 给（门、窗）插好插销，把（门、窗）闩上 sneck the door and hide under the bed when they come Example sentencesExamples - Before going to bed I barred the front door and snecked the door of our apartment.
- He snecks his door to ward off harm.
- A click told him that the door had been snecked against him.
Synonyms bolt, lock, fasten, padlock, secure, latch, deadlock, block, barricade, obstruct
OriginMiddle English: obscurely related to snatch. Rhymesbeck, bedeck, check, cheque, Chiang Kai-shek, crosscheck, Czech, deck, dreck, exec, fleck, heck, hitech, keck, lek, neck, peck, Québec, rec, reck, sec, spec, speck, spot-check, tec, tech, Toulouse-Lautrec, trek, wreck Definition of sneck in US English: snecknounsnek Scottish, Northern English A latch on a door or window. （门、窗的）闩 she quietly lifted the sneck and slipped out Example sentencesExamples - After a good helping of steak and ale pie washed down with a pint of ‘sneck lifter’ at lunch time personally, I was full.
- ‘Then again, some old maid's door will be slily fastened by tying tightly across the door jambs, in front of and to the ‘sneck’, a piece of wood to prevent her coming out of doors till released by a kind neighbour next morning.’
Synonyms fastening, catch, fastener
verbsnek [with object]Scottish, Northern English Close or fasten (a door or window) with a latch. 给（门、窗）插好插销，把（门、窗）闩上 sneck the door and hide under the bed when they come Example sentencesExamples - Before going to bed I barred the front door and snecked the door of our apartment.
- A click told him that the door had been snecked against him.
- He snecks his door to ward off harm.
Synonyms bolt, lock, fasten, padlock, secure, latch, deadlock, block, barricade, obstruct
OriginMiddle English: obscurely related to snatch. |